The Agriculture Export Council (AEC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture is negotiating with three countries (Australia, Canada, and China) for approval to allow the entry of four new products to their markets in the coming period.
AEC head Abdel Hamid Demerdash said the council is currently working to export grapes to Australia and Canada, motivated by the success of the crop export to East Asia markets. The council is also working on exporting onion, pomegranate, and dates to China, following a successful experiment of exporting grapes and citrus there in the past two seasons.
He pointed out that measuring the success of the development of Egyptian exports is showing their ability to invade new markets and opening the door for new exports. He added that Egypt is constantly developing the two sectors, where new export markets have recently been opened in East Asia and Africa, in addition to exporting new products for the first time.
Demerdash said that the AEC is now focused on opening new markets through signing quarantine protocols by communicating the necessary information and the products that could be traded between Egypt and the other countries.
Source: dailynewsegypt.com
